Verse 57-58 [Ambā’s form of existence as Caitanya]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 57-58:

भावदृक् स्मूतिवियुक्तमीश्वरे शून्यरत्नमवलम्ब्य पुद्गलम् ।
निर्निरुक्तिकमिदं जगत् स्थितं चिल्लयोर्ध्वगपथान्न तत्तथा ॥ ५७ ॥
शान्ततां भजदनाश्रितं पदं शक्तिमात्रजगदेकसद्म यत् ।
निर्मलज्वलनशौचवज्जगत् तत्र हि त्विषि निमज्जितं त्वया ॥ ५८ ॥

bhāvadṛk smūtiviyuktamīśvare śūnyaratnamavalambya pudgalam |
nirniruktikamidaṃ jagat sthitaṃ cillayordhvagapathānna tattathā || 57 ||
śāntatāṃ bhajadanāśritaṃ padaṃ śaktimātrajagadekasadma yat |
nirmalajvalanaśaucavajjagat tatra hi tviṣi nimajjitaṃ tvayā || 58 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

Ambā’s form of existence as Caitanya

[verse 57]

“Then what about the visible world?” The answer to this question is given by Siddhā. This world exists in Īśvara (without name and form) only as an idea in the mind’s eye, depending on lustre pure and simple, where the Ego is also lost. When knowledge shines, (self-illumined) the world is lost in Truth or shines as Truth. Then all is one luminous existence the Caitanya form.^[1]

Ambā remains as ever changing

[verse 58]

Everything in creation depends on Śakti, (power), which is ever changing, (‘anāsritam padam’); yet calm reigns all over. Still to bring creation to its pure lustrous state, she acts as the creator and destroyer; She repeats the action of the cycle of birth and death as goldsmith heats and cools gold, until he gets pure gold.^[2]

Jagat as an apprehension in Śiva (I-ness in This-ness)

[verses 57-58]

The universe before the Pralaya, is consumed into Citśakti^[3] the abode for all subtances with their names and forms. When Śiva (I-ness-Being) is created by Icchāśakti, in Prathamaspanda, the awareness Jñāna, about the Jagat shines. In the context of Pralaya, the cognizance of Jagat as “i am this” (I-ness in Thisness) is created in the mirror called Cit-Vimarśa. At that time the reflection of Jagat is retained in Śiva (Sadaśiva) which is like the shining jewel in the darkness i.e. Kalī (Śūnyaratna).

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 107-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 57.—

śuddhādvaitalobhena paramaśrutitātparyalobhena vā khaṇḍadṛṣṭyāpi vaidikarāmānuja pūrṇaprajñādidarśaneṣvava jaḍājaḍayorjjagajjīvayoḥ svarūpabhedānaṅgīkāre jagannāśena sarvanāśāpatteḥ bauddhābhimata mādhyamikaśūnyavādaḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgavādo vā'nugṛhīta ssyādityāśaṅkaya āgamaupaniṣadabhāṣābhyāṃ bubhutsuprabuddhādikāridaśābhedena ca svātmābhinnonmanīnādanaveka pratisañcaraṇabhedena vāgarthaṣaḍadhva dvādaśāntamahābindau vā nādasvarūpa eva taṭastheśvara kāraṇakatvājātasṛṣṭivādayossiddhāntitatvānna jātucidapyāga maupaniṣattattvayormādhyamikādisamayānupraveśastadanukaraṇaṃ veti pariharati.

[2] Cf. [Divyacakorikā] p 110-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 58.—

ajātasṛṣṭivādasiddhāṃtadārḍhyāyānāśritaśivādikālāgnirudrāntatattvajātamave vāstavaṃśābdajagatsvarūpamiti vyutpādayati.

[3] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 35-[Cidgaganacandrikā]- 57-58—

īśvare sthitasya jagataḥ svarūpeṇa nirniruktikatve jaḍatve bhāsyatve ca satyapi cidrūpaṇe kāraṇātmanā bhārūpatvam, sattvena nirvācyatvamajaḍatvaṃ ceti yugmena pratipādayannāha |